Clarification of how self-modifying games work

From: donstockbauer@hotmail.com (Don Stockbauer)

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 11:04:37 +0000

Frank,  at Larry's CSC party back in the '80s I didn't make clear how
a self-modifying game works.  See, you and Jackie were searching for a
game to play and someone suggested "Twister", and then I suggested
playing a SMG (since I had just read Hofstadter's epic " Gargoyles,
Umpire, Bleech: A mid-evil statuary-baseball MAD magazine production"
and I said it was a game where ewe could either make a move or change
a rule on your turn (just like Real Life is played), and ewe
trivialized it by saying "That's trivial!!!  I just always declare
myself to be the winner on my move" and ewe no wut Frank, I just
didunt 1/2 the Wright Brothers answer (is there also paid
association???). Butt now I've figured it out!  U C, ewe would 1/2 2
1/2 an inviolable rule which states that "no one may declare themself
the winner."  Clear as beer urine. Sorry it took so long to figgure
that out but I always was the slow one in our class.

Also sorry about the unfortunate event which occured later at the
party and your having to resign.  I feel urine pain, Brother.  Randy
and Hector got me years later, but it was for the best, got to JOOTS
and start doing some gud for wunst.

Oh, whale, cornfession is good for the sole.  Yall have a nice day,
from the Nut Ranch.

- Donsky Oatsky

(PS - looking at the posts to this group, itz my intuition that spam
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